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Forrest Reid
Author of 16 novels and two autobiographies -
The Writers Group at Queens
Where exciting new writers meet to criticise each other’s work -
Colin Dardis Prescribes Speech Therapy
Ryan Dunne meets the editor of Belfast's new poetry magazine -
Frances Molloy
An original Co Derry voice -
Ronan Bennett and The Irish Question Abroad
Martin Mooney considers the work of one of Belfast's most controversial writers -
Gerald Dawe was a City Boy
Apart from the Belfast Group and the Northern Poets -
Classic Essay from the Archive...
Fred Johnston reviews Medbh McGuckian's Selected Poems in Fortnight, May 1998 -
Antonia Logue has advice for aspiring writers
Clare O'Connor tracks down the Derry writer in Chicago -
Contemporary Fiction Writers in Northern Ireland
An introduction to contemporary fiction by Northern Irish writers -
Flann O'Brien
Writer of comic and satirical genius -
Fred Johnston
Martin Mooney interviews the controversial Fred Johnston: poet, musician, founder of Cúirt Literature Festival and the Western Writers Centre. Pt. 1 -
Fred Johnston
Martin Mooney interviews the controversial Fred Johnston: poet, musician, founder of Cúirt Literature Festival and the Western Writers Centre. Pt. 2 -
Brian Moore
A prolific novelist his books ranged widely in subject and theme -
Bernard MacLaverty Interview
The Belfast author reveals, among other things, why he uses a butterfly as a bookmark -
The Poetry of Rural Ulster (1)
From Kavanagh to Heaney with Darran Anderson -
The Poetry of Rural Ulster (2)
Darran Anderson completes his examination of Ulster poets -
A Literary Tour of South Belfast
A virtual tour of south Belfast’s literary history -
Classic Essay from the Archive...
James Simmons writes in the Linen Hall Review of Autumn 1986 -
A Soldier Playwright
John Michelburne wrote a candid account of the last great siege in the British Isles -
Literary Belfast Walking Tour
From the Linen Hall Library to Writers' Square -
Austin Currie talks to CNI
Former politician launches his autobiography -
Antonia Logue
Shadow-Box is her first novel -
George A Birmingham
Prolific novelist, journalist and autobiographer -
CS Lewis
Belfast born Lewis is famed for his Narnia chronicles. -
Robert Harbinson
Belfast born autobiographer -
Colin Bateman
Profile of the journalist and author -
The Book of the Angel
Naomi Foyle reviews Medbh McGuckian -
Five Recent Novels
Gavin Carville argues that NI fiction remains in a formidable state -
Selected Poems by Mairtín Crawford
Review of the Belfast poet's Selected Poems -
The Largest Baby in Ireland after the Famine
Harry Hutchinson reviews Ann Barnett's debut novel -
Anne-Marie Fyfe and 'The Ghost Twin'
'The landscape of Cushendall is always with me...' -
Roisin McAuley
Desima Connolly discovers what inspires the broadcaster and novelist from Co Tyrone -
John Hewitt
One of the most significant 'Ulster poets’. -
Robert Lynd
Nationalist writer, essayist and editor. -
WR Rodgers
Writer of linguistically rich, erotically charged poetry -
Marie Jones
One of Northern Ireland's most successful playwrights -
Armagh Rail Disaster in Fiction
In this extract of 'The Woman from Kerry' Anne Doughty writes about the disaster -
Nik Cohn
'Dimly one was conscious of the hatred outside...' -
Brian Keenan
After being held captive for four years in Beirut, Keenan becomes a writer -
Nick Laird
Literary hotshot to read at Belfast Festival -
Brendan Cleary
Grass roots poet crying out against 'violence and mindless conformity' -
Derek Mahon
The most accomplished poet of his generation -
Northern Irish Literature 5
Critical writing in Northern Ireland -
The Belfast News Letter
The oldest newspaper in Ireland -
Old Belfast Newspapers: The 18th Century
Following on from the success of the Belfast News Letter... -
Old Belfast Newspapers: The mid 19th century
From the Belfast Mercury to the Morning Post. -
Old Belfast Newspapers: The late 19th century
From the Morning News to the Ulster Echo. -
Colette Bryce
Derry born poet whose first two collections have garnered an impressive crop of prizes -
Moyra Donaldson
Naomi Foyle finds Donaldson's poetic voice 'honed and highly relevant' -
Joan Lingard
'I'm well-rooted in Scotland but for me it's more instinctive to write about Belfast' -
The New Irish Poets
Controversial critic Fred Johnston reviews Bloodaxe's take on new Irish poetry -
Obituary of Robert Harbinson (Robin Bryans)
The first working class Ulster Protestant writer to be published to international acclaim -
A Tribute to Mairtín Crawford
The Arts Council's Damian Smyth remembers the vibrant poet
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